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A review by heather01602to60660
Innocent by Scott Turow
4.0
First, while not a great way to judge a book, I'm well advised, it has to be said - this novel has such a pretty cover! And one heck of a story between it.
I read Presumed Innocent in high school, and while I was able to predict the outcome in that case, that was only part of the joy of reading it. I remember it being one of the books that continued to push me in my path to become a criminal defense attorney (I don't know whether that makes it ironic or fitting that "One-L" was one of the things that ended up pushing me down another fork in the path). I've read most, if not all, of his intervening novels, and while I've enjoyed them all, this was the first that kept me up much, much too late to finish it.
Flawed, three-dimensional characters trying to do their best seem to be as much a staple of Turow's as courthouses, and this is no exception. There are few clear innocents, few who are purely evil, and all of their motivations are understandable. For every answer given, more questions are raised, and I am willing to admit that even I found myself pleasantly surprised to find the ending not exactly as I expected, and still satisfying.
I read Presumed Innocent in high school, and while I was able to predict the outcome in that case, that was only part of the joy of reading it. I remember it being one of the books that continued to push me in my path to become a criminal defense attorney (I don't know whether that makes it ironic or fitting that "One-L" was one of the things that ended up pushing me down another fork in the path). I've read most, if not all, of his intervening novels, and while I've enjoyed them all, this was the first that kept me up much, much too late to finish it.
Flawed, three-dimensional characters trying to do their best seem to be as much a staple of Turow's as courthouses, and this is no exception. There are few clear innocents, few who are purely evil, and all of their motivations are understandable. For every answer given, more questions are raised, and I am willing to admit that even I found myself pleasantly surprised to find the ending not exactly as I expected, and still satisfying.